English

A cimbalom

Noun

cimbalom ‎(plural cimbaloms)

1. (music) A type of concert hammered dulcimer found primarily in the music of Eastern Europe
   • 2007 September 17, Bernard Holland, “Cryptic Messages or Silence From the ’60s Avant-Garde”, in New York Times:

     Either/Or, including Anthony Burr, clarinetist; Jane Rigler, flutist; and Richard Carrick and David Shively, percussionists, also employed the cimbalom, the Hungarian pianolike mutant whose twang remains familiar to boozy evenings in late-night Central European bars.

Translations

See also

• cimbalom on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• cymbalum

Hungarian

Etymology

From Latin cymbalum ‎(“cymbal”), from Ancient Greek κύμβαλον ‎(kúmbalon).^[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡simbɒlom]
• Hyphenation: cim‧ba‧lom

Noun

cimbalom ‎(plural cimbalmok)

1. (music) cimbalom (type of concert hammered dulcimer)

Declension

Derived terms

• cimbalmos
• cimbalmozik

References

1. ↑ Gábor Zaicz, Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete, Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, ISBN 963 7094 01 6